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Shifting Sands – Passing Through (1998)

Synopsis

A drama about a young family who pass through a town that isn’t quite what it seems.

Curator’s notes

Passing Through is based on a story of the same name by Janice Slater Herring. Margie (Margaret Harvey) and husband Charlie are taking their children to Margie’s Aunt An (Justine Saunders), and pass through a somewhat desolate town. Passing Through has an unresolved storyline and essentially leaves the ending of the film up to the audience. A directorial debut from filmmaker Mark Olive, Passing Through weaves myth and legend to tell an Indigenous flavoured ghost story.

Mark Olive (AKA Black Olive) is the celebrated Indigenous chef of Outback Café on the Lifestyle Channel, offering Indigenous inspired recipes using traditional Indigenous foods in culinary delights that mix ancient foods hunted and gathered in new ways. Black Olive had a regular spot on ABC’s Message Stick, and recently won the Deadly Award (2006) in the entertainment category.